Greetings loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader is pleased to see that his trusted Foreign Minister has decided to post in this space from Germany. The Foreign Minister is a longtime friend (and minion) of the Maximum Leader. The FM is living the high life on the banks of the Main River in Germany, and will (I hope) give us his thoughts and views of the situation in Europe; as well as his thoughts and opinions on events, happenings, and life in general. Like the Minister of Agriculture, the Foreign Minister and the Maximum Leader go way back to our (growing ever distant) halcyon college days. (In case you cared, your Maximum Leader has known the Air Marshal since Middle/High school; and the Poet Laureate since 3rd grade.)

Welcome my Foreign Minister. May your opinions be pointed, your powder dry, and your beer European.

Carry on.